By ARITZ PARRA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Madrid are defending their record of handling gas generated by decomposing organic waste after scientists aided by satellite imagery said they had found major leaks of methane from two landfill sites serving the Spanish capital. The leaks were revealed only a week
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El famoso río de Londres es más emocionante de lo que pensábamos. Caballitos de mar, anguilas, focas y tiburones venenosos han sido descubiertos en el Támesis, según los resultados de una “revisión de salud”. Un estudio realizado por la Sociedad Zoológica de Londres (ZSL, por sus siglas en inglés) reveló “noticias
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Mark Achterberg was taken into custody Wednesday night in Creston, Iowa. Boone County prosecutors charged Achterberg on Tuesday with first degree murder in the shooting death of Justin W. Stidman. “This is such a sad and preventable situation,” said Kerra Prohaska, Achterberg’s wife. “My heart goes
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The Mobile Police Department is investigating after a burglary suspect was seriously injured Monday night when he was struck with a wooden bat wielded by the victim of the burglary, police said. According to the MPD, it was just after 11
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have named Tim Hyers their new hitting coach. He spent the past four seasons in that role for the Boston Red Sox. Hyers and Rangers manager Chris Woodward previously worked together on manager Dave Roberts’ staff with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016 and 2017. The Rangers are
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GODDARD, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas school district has stripped its library shelves of more than two dozen books that have been challenged in other school systems while it reviews them. KMUW-FM reports that Julie Cannizzo, assistant superintendent for academic affairs in Goddard, said Tuesday that one parent objected to language he found offensive in
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 900,000 kids aged 5-11 will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their first week of eligibility, the White House said Wednesday. Final clearance for the shots was granted by federal regulators on Nov. 2, with the first doses to
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County prosecutor has charged a Hannibal man after he allegedly damaged a water sprinkler causing the flooding at the Randolph County jail. Colton Miller is charged with damage to jail property. According to jail records, Miller was in custody for first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle. Investigators reviewed video footage
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she will seek reelection in a new Iowa congressional district next year, avoiding a head-to-head run against Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne. The two congresswomen were drawn into the same district through the once-a-decade redistricting process. The new electoral maps drawn
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens visit the Miami Dolphins for Thursday night football this week. Baltimore has won eight of the last nine meetings between the teams. The last three have had a combined score of Ravens 137, Dolphins 16. The last meeting between the teams was Brian Flores’ first
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Con el choque estelar entre México y Estados Unidos, líder y escolta respectivamente, las eliminatorias de la Concacaf para el Mundial de Qatar 2022 tendrá entre el viernes y el martes una nueva doble fecha, la última del año. Con 6 jornadas disputadas, el “Tri” que dirige Gerardo Martino
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has toured a Baghdad neighborhood on foot days after he escaped an assassination attempt in the Iraqi capital. It was his first public appearance outside his residence since the attack. The prime minister’s office said some residents of the eastern neighborhood of Sadr City
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Bitcoin has rocketed to an all-time high of nearly $70,000. But investors are even more excited about ethereum, which is now the world’s second most valuable cryptocurency. Ethereum, or ether for short, is also trading at record levels. It’s now hovering around $4,850, having soared more than 560%
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. Scott Fairlamb’s sentencing on Wednesday to 41 months in prison is likely to become a benchmark for dozens
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Como profesional de la nutrición, siempre he creído que podemos comer de forma intuitiva. Eso significa que podemos escuchar las señales internas de hambre y saciedad y, al mismo tiempo, intentar perder peso. Las dos ideas no son mutuamente excluyentes en mi mente, y con frecuencia he visto que se cumple
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By Devon M. Sayers and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The prosecution in the trial of three White men charged in Ahmaud Arbery‘s killing played a series of 911 calls made by Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, including calls made weeks before the shooting. In early January 2020, Travis McMichael called to report that a
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — North Carolina visits No. 25 Pittsburgh with a chance to create some chaos in the ACC’s Coastal Division race. The Panthers have the inside track for the division title and a spot in the ACC title game, but that would change if the Tar Heels can
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The judge in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial sent the jury out of the courtroom and berated the prosecutor for questioning Rittenhouse about whether it was appropriate to use deadly force to protect property. Judge Bruce Schroeder heatedly accused lead prosecutor Thomas
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By Maggie Fox, CNN The global threat of measles has become worse after 22 million babies missed their vaccinations because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Wednesday. Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known and still kills more than 60,000 people a year, mostly young children.
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Getting family health insurance on the job now costs workers and their employers more than $22,000 a year, on average. And companies have not been able to do much to make coverage more affordable, even though the coronavirus pandemic has reinforced the importance of health benefits. Employees foot about $6,000 of
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